Gambles
Well-known Member
This is on a '39 JD B, which belonged to my dad, serial number 71506. It has been parked in a shed for 30 years, and with the exception of the carb and the manifold, most of the tractor is still there. My son will be going into his senior year of high school and he might be wanting to restore this in his shop mechanics class. Anyway, in the last 30 years, the carb and the manifold walked away. while I was getting a replacement carb from a local John Deere "expert", the subject of the mag came up. This guy said that in '39, two mags were offered and he offered to take this one off my hands and would give me the other mag offered for that year in exchange for this one. He was a little mum on why he would do this out of the kindness of his heart, so I'm asking here what is so special about this mag.
If the crappy phone photo doesn't show up, it's a WICO mag with a single, short coil wire from the top of the mag to the mag cap. A description of the other mag offered would be great also. Thanks.
If the crappy phone photo doesn't show up, it's a WICO mag with a single, short coil wire from the top of the mag to the mag cap. A description of the other mag offered would be great also. Thanks.
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